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Wolfpack Sweeps Volunteers in First Home Dual of Season
10/15/2021 9:40:00 PM | Swimming
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Wolfpack added to its season-opening set of sweeps on Friday night after beating Tennessee. It was the team's second dual sweep of the week following both the men's and women's swimming and diving teams defeats over the Tar Heels earlier in the week.
The Wolfpack women defeated the Lady Vols 182-118, and the men of NC State sailed past Tennessee with a 205-95 victory.
NC State's men absolutely dominated the meet as they dropped just three races on the way to their victory. In total, the Pack men swept the podium in four total races, and four members of the squad picked up multiple top finishes.
INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS:
NC State's evening was highlighted by four 1-2-3 finishes. The streak began with the men's 1000-yard freestyle, where Ross Dant (9:02.55), James Plage (9:08.45), and Will Gallant (9:10.41) took the top three spots of the event. The trio completed the same task in the 500-yard freestyle, where they went 4:24.91 (Dant), 4:26.44 (Plage), 4:29.96 (Gallant), respectively.
In the men's 50-yard freestyle, Nyls Korstanje (19.66), David Curtiss (19.74), and Noah Henderson (19.78) swept the podium and broke the 20-second barrier. Additionally, Korstanje took home another individual event title, touching the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 46.41
Kacper Stokowski, Hunter Tapp, and Michael Moore rounded out the evening of sweeps by taking the top three spots in the 200-yard backstroke. Stokowski finished the event with a time of 1:43.83, while Tapp went 1:44.38 and Moore right behind him with a time of 1:45.73.
Katharine Berkoff took both of the backstroke events as she cruised to a time of 52.15 in the 100 and 1:54.05 in the 200 while teammate and fellow NCAA Champion Kylee Alons finished first in the 50-yard freestyle (22.62), 100-yard freestyle (49.46), and 100-yard butterfly (52.77)
Wolfpack senior Sophie Hansson swam a time of 59.34 in the 100-yard breaststroke and 2:09.89 in the 200-yard breaststroke to pick up her double victory of the evening.
Luke Miller showed his freestyle dominance by picking up a pair of first place finishes in the 100 (43.68) and 200-yard (1:34.98) freestyles. The top spot in both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke belonged to five time All-American Stokowski.
RELAY HIGHLIGHTS:
The Pack kicked off the meet Friday evening with solid first-place 200-yard medley relay finishes on both sides. The women's quartet of Berkoff, Hansson, Alons, and Heather Maccausland captured the top spot with a time of 1:36.92. Stokowski, Rafal Kusto, Korstanje, and Curtiss combined their efforts to finish at 1:24.92. The NC State men's B relay finished just under two seconds behind the A squad (1:26.80), out touching both of the Volunteer relay lineups.
NC State rounded out its Friday night win with a sweep in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The Wolfpack women's team of Abby Arens, Berkoff, MacCausland, and Abbey Webb just out touched Tennessee by a mere 0.14 seconds to win the team's last event of the evening. On the men's side, both of NC State's foursomes finished ahead of the Vols, highlighted by the fastest time of Sam Hoover, Miller, Tapp, and Bartosz Piszczorowicz (2:53.36).
DIVING HIGHLIGHTS:
Wolfpack junior Helene Synnott picked up her first win of the season on three-meter with a score of 307.13, followed by runner-up teammate Ashton Zuburg with 296.48 points.
UP NEXT:
The matchup between the Wolfpack and Volunteers resumes mid morning on Saturday, with a lineup of exhibition events to finish out the weekend, set to begin at 10 a.m. in the Casey Aquatic Center. The NC State Wolfpack then travels to face the Auburn Tigers and Kentucky Wildcats at a tri-meet held in Auburn, Ala. next weekend.
WOMEN'S TOP FINISHERS:
- 200 medley relay: Berkoff, Hansson, Alons, Maccausland (first place - 1:36.90)
- 1000 freestyle: Travis (first place - 9:57.22)
- 200 freestyle: Poole (1:48.83)
- 100 backstroke: Berkoff (first place - 52.15)
- 100 breaststroke: Hansson (first place - 59.34)
- 200 butterfly: Arens (first place - 1:56.37)
- 50 freestyle: Alons (first place - 22.62)
- 100 freestyle: Alons (first place - 49.46)
- 200 backstroke: Berkoff (first place - 1:54.05)
- 200 breaststroke: Hansson (first place - 2:09.89)
- 500 freestyle: Hierath (first place 4:52.71)
- 100 butterfly: Alons (first place - 52.77)
- 200 IM: Poole (first place - 2:00.13)
- 400 freestyle relay: Arens, Berkoff, Maccausland, Webb (first place - 3:19.42)
- One-meter dive: Synnott (287.78)
- Three-meter dive: Synnott (first place - 307.13)
MEN'S TOP FINISHERS:
- 200 medley relay: Stokowski, Kusto, Korstanje, Curtiss (first place - 1:24.92)
- 1000 freestyle: Dant (first place - 9:02.55)
- 200 freestyle: Miller (first place - 1:34.98)
- 100 backstroke: Stokowski (first place - 46.52)
- 100 breaststroke: Kusto (53.91)
- 200 butterfly: Bowers (1:47.72)
- 50 freestyle: Korstanje (first place - 19.66)
- 100 freestyle: Miller (first place - 43.68)
- 200 backstroke: Stokowski (first place - 1:43.83)
- 200 breaststroke: Kusto (1:56.80)
- 500 freestyle: Dant (first place - 4:24.91)
- 100 butterfly: Korstanje (first place - 46.41)
- 200 IM: Moore (first place - 1:48.75)
- 400 freestyle relay: Hoover, Miller, Tapp, Piszczorowicz (first place - 2:53.36)
- One-meter dive: Bennett (311.18)
- Three-meter dive: Edin (340.13)
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